Lie To Me

“Congratulations!” I greeted the newly wed, I was smiling widely.

“Thank you, Jia. I’m so happy that you came,” Maxine, Russell’s wife said then hugged me afterwards.

“How can I not? I know you guys won’t stop until I actually came,” I answered.

Two weeks before their wedding, Russell contacted me. He wanted to meet together with, by then, his fiancé, Maxine.

I was wondering why they wanted to meet-up only to find out that they want me to attend their wedding.

I was shocked then happy. Shocked that they thought of me as part of their guests and happy that finally, Russell has met that someone he will love faithfully the rest of his life.

“Of course! I would want my best friend to witness one of the important events in my life,” Russell answered.

For that, I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms to my chest. “Nah. You just want to receive a gift from me,” I said.

Reconciling with Russell lifted a big rock from my chest and being friends with him makes my heart even lighter.

We both know that we had a tragic history but like we choose and should think, it was all now in the past we both have moved on from those. We might hurt each other from the choices we made, at least in the end, we both learned from those. And having those experiences brought us both to where we are; happy and content.

fulfilling it is to have someone you could call home; that it was heartwarming to

perfectly fine with my life right

linked her arms to mine. “Come on, Jia. I have all my cousins here right

you two should go and entertain your other guests,” I told them instead, I even slightly pushed Maxine to Russell. “And please, stop

waved to me, telling me that they would go

myself at the far corner; enjoying the company of myself and the glass of champagne I’ve been holding

should have brought Reysa with me,”

at me with that concerned eyes, afraid that I might feel outcast more than

to join the other girls but I refused. I just

looks hot: he’s tall, fair and handsome. While the girl, she looks

Jia,” Sol, Russell’s

replaced with a huge smile. “Sol!” I called her and stooped to hug her. “You look so pretty. I didn’t

my right cheek. “I was late, Ate.” She answered and hugged

Sol is a very sweet, caring, kind and understanding girl. Actually, for me, she’s the perfect epitome of an ideal girl every guy could dream

am I right?” I teased. “What’s

she shook her head. “I just school matters, Ate. And Kairo and I

I’m sorry,”